Shoulder-strap retainer



J. J. ALLlsoN SHOULDER STRAP RETAINER f Noy". 17 1925- Eiled Nov. 1'7, 1924 ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENToFEl'CE.

JOSEPH il'. ALLISON, OF NEW ORLEANS, LUISIANA, ASSIGNOR T0 RACHEL H. STULL .AND AUGUSTA MAZE, BOTH OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

SHOULDER-STRAP RETAINER.

Application filed November 17, 1924. Serial No. 750,422.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Josnrn J. ALLISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Shoulder-Strap Retainers, of which the following is a specitieation.

This invention relates to a. device for fastening shoulder straps of undergarments to a dress or outer garment, the general object-of the invention being to prevent the straps from slipping or falling over the shoulders of the wearer and to'hold them under portions of the outer garment so that they will be hidden from view.

This invention also consists incertain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several.

parts, to be hereinafter fully described., illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention indetail, re ference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding` parts throughout the Several views, and in which Figure 1 is a view showing the invention in use.

Figure 2 is a. view of one of the devices with the same partly open. y

Figure 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig- -ure 2, with the device in closed position.

As Shown in these views, each shoulder strap holder comprises a strip Al of Webbing or the like which is placed b etween a pair of stri ps 2 of ribbon or the like, safety pins @L being fastened to the ends of the Strips 1. A strip 5, formed from a continuation of 011e of the strips 2 or a separate piece, is fastened at one end of the device and is adapted to be detachably connected with the other end of the device by the device by the snap fastener part 6. Thus the shoulder strap will pass under the main part of the device and above the strip 5 so that said Shoulder strap A is fastened to the garment and cannot slip over the shoulder of the wearer or ride up the shoulder. Thus the device will act to hold the shoulder of the under-garment in position and hidden from view by the outer garment.

' It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

1 desire .it to be understood that .l may lnake changes in -the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

y lVhat I cla-im is A device of the class described con'iprisling a strip of ta e, a safely pin connected with each end o the Strip, a strip of covering material looped around the first strip longitudinally to enclose the same and passing through the pins, an extension formed 011 the covering strip and a snap fastener for connecting the free end of the extension with the device so that the shoulder strap of a garment can be held between this extension and the rest of the device.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOSEPH J. ALLIsoN. 

